Del the Grocery Gal

No matter how you cook your turkey, may you and yours have a festive and happy Thanksgiving 🦃

And if you’re wondering what’s in season . . .

More on the meaning of date labels . . .

Interesting read. My customers—who always pay in-store prices (with sales, buy-one-get-one and other deals honored!)—never have to worry about this practice . . .

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt Instacart prohibits shoppers from giving customers paper receipts from the store, obscuring the markups many pay for groceries.

For me, bananas are best when purchased medium rare and eaten as medium. Well done are great not only in banana bread but also in smoothies and as a low fat substitute for oil in baked goods 😋

Perhaps relief is in sight?

Food prices ease for the first time since 2020. Here's what's getting cheaper | CNN Business Grocery prices finally dipped in March, falling for the first time since September 2020, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

My new dream delivery vehicle 😂

A handy guide which can help reduce waste and save you $$

Why it now costs so much egg-xtra for 🥚

NoVA Shoppers Scramble To Find Eggs Amid Shortage, Soaring Costs Virginia consumers are paying $2 or $3 over the national average for a dozen eggs if they are lucky enough to find them. Here is why.

Can’t argue against the truth here, given the continued high rate of inflation 🙄

Ringing in the new year with a new, lower grocery sales tax rate in Virginia! Wishing my customers and readers peace, prosperity, good health and happiness in 2023 🥳

Grocery Tax Reduced to 1% Beginning Jan. 1, 2023 | Virginia Tax The sales tax rate on groceries (food for home consumption and certain essential personal hygiene items) will be reduced to 1% beginning January 1, 2023.

Wow, how I can relate to this 😳😂😭

A handy guide to planning and storing your produce purchases.

Looking to beat sky-high gas prices with less expensive delivery options 😂

Get ready for shortages and price hikes on avocados 😳

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/avocado-price-rise-mexican-producers/

Holy guacamole: Price spikes seen after U.S. bans Mexico avocados A temporary U.S. ban on imports of the fruit already is hitting farm workers in Mexico. "You die of hunger," one picker said.

Coming soon - a new shopping option in Fairfax City 😀

For those who like to play with their food 😂

A perfect storm of stocking woes to start the year . . .

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-area-shoppers-confronted-with-supply-shortage-at-grocery-stores/2930997/

DC Area Shoppers Confronted With Supply Shortage at Grocery Stores Shoppers around our region are dealing with a supply shortage at grocery stores. People rushed to stockpile for the snow, but this time around, it’s a perfect storm of problems. Experts say in addition to the extra demand from the weather, labor and supply chain issues are keeping businesses from ...

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year 🥳

Sending my wonderful customers and readers best wishes for peace, love, good health, and good cheer at Christmas and throughout the New Year! Happy Holidays 🎄

You can blame cyber-grinches for stealing the cream cheese 😳

The surprising reason you can't find cream cheese anywhere https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/18/business/cream-cheese-cyberattack-schreiber-foods/index.html

The surprising reason you can't find cream cheese anywhere This year hackers have unleashed cyberattacks against pipelines, ferry boats, meat packers, even police departments. And now they've come for the cream cheese.

A must-have for my holiday shopping 😂

On this day, I am grateful for family, friends and the opportunity to serve amazing people like you! Wishing my wonderful customers and readers a happy and blessed Thanksgiving 🦃

Get ready for shortages of some cereal favorites 😳

https://www.reuters.com/business/kelloggs-us-cereal-plant-workers-go-strike-2021-10-05/

Kellogg's U.S. cereal plant workers go on strike About 1,400 Kellogg Co cereal plant employees went on a strike on Tuesday, hoping to get the packaged foods maker to negotiate what a labor union called a "fair contract" for the workers.

Some cookie favorites may soon be in short supply 🥺

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nabisco-strike-workers-call-a-fight-for-the-american-middle-class/?fbclid=IwAR1I6IV-t6F5ADiQK26KvXQ6esPgdcv9ClexzlZiRYvdsOCukjRyGEcdBTM

Nabisco strike, the first in 52 years, expands to five states Employees in Georgia joined the picket line on Monday. One worker said "this is a fight for the American middle class."